ORIGINAL: bhole74
I totally disagree with this thought. I have seen too many guys show up with an Alpha and are totally clueless how things work, it was all done for them. My first was a Seniorita, and yes I loved it, still do, still in one piece. I was soloing after just two weekends and advancing to low wing sports models in 6 weeks.
A guy from my club showed up at my place with an ARF helicopter one day. The only thing he had to do was attach the tail boom. He put it on sideways and didn't even know there was a problem. He had no yaw control, but lots of pitch.
This same guy has gone through every ARF on the market and still can't fly a rectangular circuit. He's used just about every crutch made too (auto-pilots). He has no clue how an airplane works and hasn't gotten anywhere in the almost THREE years that he has been trying to learn.
Some people just aren't meant for this hobby.
